3rd Test: Australia v India at MCG Dec 26-30 2018 - INDIA WON BY 137 RUNS

[JJ]

Marsh or Finch? Jobs for mates. I cant think of any other reason.

They are the two mysteries, neither make any sense

 

[JJ]

Makes Watson look like Bradman.

You'd love to have Shane Lee, Ian the Freak Harvey, Simon O'Donnell or Glen Trimble now

 

[Matt23]

In all seriousness why do the keep picking him??? Obviously I haven't seen as much of him as Aussies but he so doesn't look like a test bat

Him and his brother have incriminating photos of Greg Chappell, Trever Hohn involving livestock

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Some killjoy reported Pant to the REPORT ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR line.

 

[Raiders_Premiers]

Shane Watson would probably be the best bat in this lineup

Let that sink in before comparing him to the BIG BISON

 

[AlwaysGreen]

This effort is actually worse than the Hobart effort a couple of years ago.

That was tricky conditions against a quality bowling attack.

This is a benign pitch against Bumrah and 10 other blokes with beards.

Get rid of the dead wood, finch, marsh dicks for starters and Head if he doesn't score here.

Put anyone else in.

 

[typicalfan]

Some killjoy reported Pant to the REPORT ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR line.

Thats the new Australian Cricket team. The Aussie Killjoys

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Seriously, Kerry O'Keefe is an astute, statistical genius.

Considering the entourage CA has these days, I cannot see why he isn't on the payroll.

Sure, you'd have to put up with Skull laughing at a few lame jokes, but we're doing that anyway with the Marsh brothers and Finch as it is.

 

[WaznTheGreat]

Justin Langer to Mitch Marsh once he got back

 

[Sphagnum]

Australia need to so this.

Take proven test performers warner, Smith, khawaja, Paine and the bowlers. Send all the other merkins home to get their pyjamas and follow the stick cricket around from tournament to tournament.

Go through the shield teams and find top order batsman who make steady runs but aren't adventurous enough to make it in stick cricket and fill out the rest of the batting lineup.

Suckle at the teat of success for years to come.

 

[WaznTheGreat]

This Doomben track is a leaders paradise

 

[Fufu Andronez]

Feel a bit for Finch. He hasnt selected himself and he's just not good enough.

Finch vs Test Cricket is equivalent of a jobber facing Mike Tyson in his prime. Sure he has a punchers chance of pulling off a miracle, but he will always be horrifically mismatched

 

[Fufu Andronez]

This Doomben track is a leaders paradise

Did my ass on Tarzan the bastard

 

[Sphagnum]

This Doomben track is a leaders paradise

Wowsers will break the track record

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Australia need to so this.

Take proven test performers warner, Smith, khawaja, Paine and the bowlers. Send all the other merkins home to get their pyjamas and follow the stick cricket around from tournament to tournament.

Go through the shield teams and find top order batsman who make steady runs but aren't adventurous enough to make it in stick cricket and fill out the rest of the batting lineup.

Suckle at the teat of success for years to come.

Good luck. The T20 tickle fests are held as shining examples of how to play right down to the u6 entry point for juniors. Anyone with patience, determination, grit is seen as such.

As a coach and umpire, I actually got sick of hearing parents' applause for big hits and pin drops for block outs to tight bowling, good calls for YES - NO - WAIT and for looking for 1s and 2s, that I told them I wanted to conduct an experiment. When they thought about it, they agreed with me. So now we get good applause for running singles, loud calls, leaving the ball or playing it on its merits and blocking. The kids in turn found themselves doing the 1%ers and building innings and not always looking for the BIG shot to straight on balls. It was win win. A little mindset change but really worked. At u10 level, I wanted the kids to know that they would be appreciated for doing ALL these things. Some still swing like dunny doors, and we have heaps of fun, but they know it's not all crash bang wallop like other teams failing around them.

 

[WaznTheGreat]

Wowsers will break the track record

The Wow Signal already more successful than Mitch Marsh

 

[Sphagnum]

Zip a dee doo dah will win at randwick fyi

 

[typicalfan]

Feel a bit for Finch. He hasnt selected himself and he's just not good enough.

Finch vs Test Cricket is equivalent of a jobber facing Mike Tyson in his prime. Sure he has a punchers chance of pulling off a miracle, but he will always be horrifically mismatched

Mitch as well. But we are better off picking a 5th specialist bowler than suggesting Mitch is a batting all rounder.

 

[axl rose]

Feel a bit for Finch. He hasnt selected himself and he's just not good enough.

Finch vs Test Cricket is equivalent of a jobber facing Mike Tyson in his prime. Sure he has a punchers chance of pulling off a miracle, but he will always be horrifically mismatched

Cricket Australias search for Buster Douglas is not looking good.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Quality contribution Trent